Lesson - Tabs

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Tabs & Lesson

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Lesson Introduction from Jeff Fiorentino

This lesson deals specifically with a mixture of odd and even time within a track and also using secondary guitars and bass to create the mood of a repeating riff. This is a topic we've touched on in our songwriting series, but it's composition 101, it's the foundation for how you're going to create music. It's not about having a cool riff, it's about what you do with a given riff and of course what's happening around it. This can be done with band dynamic or mixing time, or both as is the case of our track here which bounces around between 7/4 and 4/4 time.

This is a very good songwriting lesson, however I've decided to throw it into the Rock category instead as it's also a great genre lesson as well.

Please as always listen to the song example a few times before diving into the tabs below and the video lesson. You'll get much more out of the lesson that way...

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Progressive Chocolate

JFRocks Guitar TAB Transcription
Transcribed by: Erica Reese
Lesson notes by: Jeff Fiorentino

Copyright © 2012 JFRocks

Song Intro/Main Theme - 7/4 Time

There are 3 guitar parts here. Each is color codes in the tabs. Please read all the notes above the tabs as they will help you understand what's going on..

Guitar 3: Cello opener

E_____________________________________________
B_____________________________________________
G_____________________________________________
D_____________________________________________
A____<vol swell<8~_____<vol swell<7~___________________
E_____________________________________________

Guitar's 1 & 2: Main Riff - (Phrygian mode)

Bass drives "E", "G", "F#"

E________________________________________________
B________________________________________________
G________________________________________________
D__2_____3_2_____3_2_2-3-2-0___>and repeat etc.______
A______2_______2_________________________________
E____3_______3___________________________________

Guitar 3: Violin over the main riff guitar 1 and guitar 2 are playing.

E________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________________
G___<vol swell<9~_____<vol swell<4~________<vol swell<12~___<vol swell<16~____<vol swell<11~~~___
D________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________

Transition Riffing - 4/4 Time

This is the drawn out power chord chunking riff.

Guitar's 1 & 2: Main Riff - (Phrygian mode)

F5/C E5 F5/C E5
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D__3~*let ring out_______________________________________3~*let ring out_____________________________________
A__3~_________2___________________________________3~________2___________________________________
E_____________ 0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0___________ 0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_

F5/C E5
E_____________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________
D__3~*let ring out___________________________________________
A__3~__________2______________________________________
E______________ 0__5h_5h__4h_4h__3h_3h__>into chorus riff____

Guitar 3: Cello done over the riffing above - just follow the chord changes from "F" to "E".

E_____________________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________________________
A____<vol swell<8~_____<vol swell<7~_______<vol swell<8~_____<vol swell<7~______<vol swell<8~_____<vol swell<7~____
E______________________________________________________________________________________

Chorus Riff - 4/4 Time

The chorus riff is just guitar 1 and 2 and is a release of tension from what we've been doing..

Guitar's 1 & 2: Main Riff - (Aeolian mode with a quick jump to Locrian with use of the "B" and in spots the Major 3rd "G#" is used in the "E" double-stop chord.)

Em C5 D5

E_________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________
D____________________5__5_7_______________________
A_____________0-2--3__3__3_5_______________________
E___0__0-3-0_3_______________--random hand slide--__________

Em B E D

E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________
D__________________ 1--- 6__6_4~_____________________
A_______________0-2_2--- 7__7_5~_____________________
E___0__0-3-0_3--5________________--random hand slide--________

Em C5 D5

Em B E D

Em C D

E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________
D___________________2__2_4~________________________
A_______________0-2_ 3__3_5~________________________
E___0__0-3-0_3--5________________--random hand slide--________

Em B E D

Em C5 D5

Em B E D

Chorus Ending - 2 guitar parts play at the same time, see color coded tabs below.

Guitar 1

G B5
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G_________4________4_______________________
D_______5________4_________________________
A_____5________2___________________________
E___3______________________________________

Guitar 2

E______________________________________
B______________________________________
G___4~____4---8___8__9~________________
D_____________________________________
A___2~____2---6___6__7~_______________
E_____________________________________

**That's the gist of the main song parts, below we've tabbed the solo for you and the final outro of the song as there is a slight change-up in feel with that.. Obviously please see the video guitar lesson for details and lesson etc..

SOLO - 4/4 Time

The solo for this track has 2 parts but they slide into one another. You'll need to have your foot handy on the over-drive to make it work and there's some pickup switching going on as well. All of this and more are indicated in the tabs for you..

Part 1 of the solo is a neo-classical piece using mainly a Rhoads style approach. While part 2 is just a straight up Rock solo but there are some things to take note of such as what pitches the lead guitar is on over the main riffing.

I should also point out that solo part 1 is over a unique chord pattern to the song while solo part 2 is over the Chorus riff..
Keep that in mind as you're reviewing the tabs and hopefully learning the rhythm you're soloing over as there is no real solo
lesson for you if you don't understand what chord changes or riffing all of this is done over..

Solo Part 1 - NO OVER-DRIVE IN USE. - Front Pickup - single coil Stratocaster.

C Em

E_____12____15_13_12__________15_13_12____________________
B__13____13_________15_13__12_________15_13_12____________
G_________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________

*Alternate pick - Good picking practice if nothing else..

Am
E___________________________________________
B__17-13____17-13___17-13____17-13____________
G_______14______14______14______14__________
D___________________________________________
A___________________________________________
E___________________________________________

E___________________________________________
B__15-12____15-12___15-12____15-12____________
G_______13______13______13______13__________
D___________________________________________
A___________________________________________
E___________________________________________

**Capo your picking hand over the fret indicated below with the asterisk and pull off with your fretting hand above that note.. See video if you need help.

Dm
E___________________________________________
B__*10_18-15-10__18-15-10__18-15-10__18-15-10_____
G___________________________________________
D___________________________________________
A___________________________________________
E___________________________________________

E___________________________________________
B__*10_17-14-10__17-14-10__17-14-10__17-14-10_____
G___________________________________________
D___________________________________________
A___________________________________________
E___________________________________________

E__________________________________________
B__20-15____20-15___20-15____20-15___________
G_______16______16______16______16_________
D__________________________________________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________

E__________________________________________
B__20-15____20-15___20-15____20-15___________
G_______16______16______16______16_________
D__________________________________________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________

**Some string skipping is required for the parts below..

C

E__20-15_____20-15_____20-15_____20-15________
B___________________________________________
G___________________________________________
D_______17________17_______17________17_____
A___________________________________________
E___________________________________________

Solo Part 2 - OVER-DRIVE IN USE. - Bridge Pickup - single coil Stratocaster.

G B Em (Chorus Riff)

E_____________________________________
B__12_____16________7________ 5_______
G__14^1___18^1______9^1~_____7^1~____
D_____________________________________
A_____________________________________
E_____________________________________

E_____________________________________________________
B________________________17-20-17-20-17_20^1.5>release_20____
G__2^1>with slight release>-------20______________________________
D_____________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________

E__17________17_________________________________________________________________________________
B_____20^1~____20__17-20-17-20_17_______ 19~~~*grab both strings with 1 finger squeezing them together & vibrato the living hell out of them picking each time_
G_______________________________19~~__ 19~~~___________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Solo Ending - 2 Guitars Harmonizing using 3rds. Over the G to B chord change that ends our main theme riffing. Guitars are color coded below..

Guitar 1 - Root notes

G B
E______________________________19~~~*let ring out till fade_____
B______________________16_19~_______________________
G_________16_19~____16______________________________
D__12---17____________________________________________
A____________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________

Guitar 2 - Harmonized 3rds..

G B
E______________________15_17~__19~~~*let ring out till fade___
B__________15_19~___16____________________________
G__12---16~________________________________________
D_________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________

Final Ending

The song ends after the solo with basically the intro repeated, however the ending transition riff differs slightly in feel so it's tabbed below..

Guitar 1: Main Riff - (Phrygian mode) (GUITAR 2 DIFFERS and is also tabbed)

E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D__3~*let ring out_____________________________________3~*let ring out_______________________________________
A__3~_________2_________________________________3~________2____________________________________
E_____________ 0__0_0_0___0_0_0___0_0_0___0_0______________0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0__

E_______________________________
B_______________________________
G_______________________________
D__3~*let ring out_____________________
A__3~__________2________________
E______________ 0__0_0_0_0__0_0__

Guitar 2: Slight difference for effect..

E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D__3~*let ring out_______________________________________3~*let ring out_____________________________________
A__3~_________2___________________________________3~________2___________________________________
E_____________ 0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_____________ 0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_

E_______________________________
B_______________________________
G_______________________________
D__3~*let ring out_____________________
A__3~__________2________________
E______________ 0__0_0_0_0__0_0__

Guitar 3: Cello done over the riffing above - just follow the chord changes from "F" to "E" until the song ends.

End

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"Progressive Chocolate" Progressive Rock Part 1
Written by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Performed by:	Jeff Fiorentino, Erica Reese, & Mick
Transcribed by:	Erica Reese with notes by Jeff Fiorentino
Engineered by:	Mick the Mixer & Jeff Fiorentino

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